 | John Brine - 1743 - 520 pages
...Truths: The natural Man receivetb ' not the Things of the Spirit of God : For they are Foolijhnefs to him \ neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned (m). 'Tis as reafonable to think, a Man may difcern Objects, who is naturally blind, as imagine a Sinner,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 pages
...The ' natural man receiveth not the things of the ' Spirit of God ; for they are fooliihnefs unto ' him : neither can he know them, becaufe they ' are fpiritually difcerned.' The Will, it is quite oppofite to the Will of God : Rom. viii. 7. rorecited. The Affections, they are wholly... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1765 - 298 pages
...** The natural man receiveth not " the things of the Spirit of God, for they are " foolifhnefs unto him, neither can he know " them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned *„" The truth is, we ought not to be furprifed to find it fo, for in this the fin of man originally confifted,... | |
 | Nathaniel Whitaker - 1770 - 176 pages
...aflertion ? For the natural "man dilcerneth not the things of the fpirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs to him, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned/. J 'However, it ,is clear from this pafiagej that Mr. H. believes, that unrenewed men fee and love virtue... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - 1793 - 554 pages
...mighty in his philofophy) " receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, " for they are foolifhnefs to him ; neither can he " know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned," i Cor. ii. 4. Cannot : and wherefore ? (I beieech ye 0 what is too hard for them to know, who think... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1795 - 540 pages
...difcerning ; for, " The natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; they are foolifhnefs to him: neither can he know them, becaufe they are...think much of him, becaufe they do not know him: like ^Efop's cock, contenting himfelf with, and thinking more of a barley-corn than of a pearl, beeaufe... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - 1800 - 688 pages
...Paul affirms, the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are fooliihnefs to him, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned*. Spiritually to difcern the things which God hath revealed by his Spirit, is fo to perceive their tranfcendent... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1801 - 624 pages
...natural," or fenfual, " man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs to him, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned." Men of fenfual and vicious minds, after all their knowledge, may be faid to be in darknefs, becaufe... | |
 | 1807 - 508 pages
...who reje'tteth Revelation, " receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolifhnefs to him, neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned." This is explained by what the apoftle fays in the preceding chapter, that the do£hine of " Chrift... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 pages
...14. " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolifhnefs unto him ; neither can he know them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned." The Lord formed the mind of man in him, and endowed it with knowledge, to be the guide of the whole man... | |
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This, I know, the world that lieth in wickednefs can neither underftand nor approve. ** The natural man receiveth not " the things of the Spirit of God, for they are " foolifhnefs unto him, neither can he know " them, becaufe they are fpiritually difcerned... 
